Story We alert you today to a member of our local church partner who joined about two years ago when she came to town as part of a residential addiction recovery program for mothers.  Over the course of her recovery and her relationship with the church, she accepted Christ and was baptized.  She is a faithful member, along with her daughter, and has been very dedicated to her recovery. This weekend, her father died after a short stay in ICU.  As ...

Story We alert you today to a woman that is recovering from an illness that required her to be in the hospital for an entire month. In late January the single woman was diagnosed with the Type A Flu Virus. While being treated for the Flu symptoms, her throat began to swell shut. Doctors discovered that she was also suffering from a bacterial infection. She was treated in the hospital for her illness for a full month. She began working again just ...

Story We alert you this morning to a family of five that has lost their home, and everything in it, in a house fire. Unfortunately, they did not have renters insurance. The mother and father both are very hard working parents. The mother had a seamstress business in the home, and she has lost all of her fabric, supplies, and her machines are damaged. The rental home is no longer livable and the family is in search of a new rental home. The famil ...

Story We alert you today to a family in need. They lost their 22-year-old son in a motorcycle accident in late January. This tragedy has devastated the family, and the parents have been battling just to put one foot in front of the other every day. Their work production slowed, and their income dropped. The burial created additional expenses that the family just did not have in reserve. They are heartbroken, and their budget is busted. We are wo ...

Story We alert you today of a family that is in need of help. As we have discussed before, any single need falls into one of three categories. (Rehabilitation, Development, Relief) This family has several needs that range to all three groups. They have four children ages 17, 7, 5, and 1. The 17-year-old daughter has autism and requires special care. The father is a U.S. Army war veteran and suffers from PTSD and can not drive. He also has had tr ...

Story We alert you today to a six-year-old boy that needs specialized vision testing to help determine why he is struggling in school. He is receiving extra services at his school, and the parents are working with the teachers to decide whether or not he needs special education. The testing will significantly help the family and the educators determine the best steps for the boy going forward. The issue is that the test costs $250 and the family ...